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<div><h1 class="article-title">How do I add a rubric to an assignment?</h1></div>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Go to the Assignment tool.</h2>
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    <p>Select the <strong>Assignments</strong> tool from the Tools Menu in your site.  </p>
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<li>Click <strong>Add</strong> to add a new Assignment. See <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoiaddanassignment">How do I add an assignment?</a> for more information.</li>
<li>Click <strong>Edit</strong> to make a modification to an existing assignment, including adding a rubric. See <a href="content.hlp?docId=howdoieditanexistingassignment">How do I edit an existing assignment?</a> for more information.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Activate grading for the assignment.</h2>
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    <p>Activate <strong>Grade this assignment</strong> to implement grading for each submission (as opposed to non-credit submissions). </p>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Choose grade scale. </h2>
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    <p>Select a grading type from the <strong>Grade Scale</strong> menu:</p>
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<strong>Points:</strong> assign numeric points to an assignment for grading. This is the option you should choose if you plan to send the assignment to the <a href="content.hlp?docId=whatisgradebook">Gradebook</a>.</li>
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<strong>Letter grade:</strong> grade assignments by letter grade only.</li>
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<strong>Pass/Fail:</strong> grade assignments as pass/fail.</li>
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<strong>Checkmark:</strong> grade assignments with a checkmark for completion.</li>
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    <p><em><strong>Note</strong>: The only grade scale option that can be added to the gradebook automatically is <strong>Points</strong>.</em></p>
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    <p>If you selected <strong>Points</strong> as the grade scale, enter a maximum number of points for the assignment in the <strong>Max Points</strong> field.</p>
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<li>Activate <strong>Use the following rubric to grade this assignment to connect a rubric</strong>. Note that you must first <a href="content.hlp?docId=whatarerubrics">create a rubric</a>. </li>
<li>Choose a rubric from the rubric selector.</li>
<li>(Optional) Check <strong>Adjust individual student scores</strong> if you would like to be able to change the number of points awarded for individual criteria ratings while grading submissions on a per-participant basis.</li>
<li>(Optional) Check <strong>Hide Rubric from student</strong> if you do not want site participants to see the rubric prior to submitting.</li>
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    <h2 class="step-title screensteps-heading">Confirm the attached rubric.</h2>
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    <p>Assignments with rubrics attached display a rubric icon next to the title of the assignment.</p>
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